Leaf Embroidery - Day 1 - Lazy daisy stitch leaves

 Hi all

Today I am happy to start the new embroidery series on embroidering leaves.  

First comes the simple lazy daisy stitch leaves.  I have used all 6 strands to embroidery this simple pattern.  

Video Tutorial

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Hope you find this tutorial useful.  See you soon in my next post.  Till then, have a happy time with your needle n thread.  

Embroidered hoop art with verse

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Today I am happy to share with you a simple hoop design with a bible verse.  

Pattern for the design 

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Stitches used

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Round flowers - Woven rose 

(6 strands for spokes, 12 strands for weaving)

big leaves - fishbone stitch ( 6 strands)

Stem - Stem stitch (6 strands)

small leaves - straight stitches ( 6 strands)

Hope all of you like this design.  See you soon with another design.  Have a nice day.

Chikankari Embroidery class 3, Bakya stitch in 2 ways

 Today we will learn how to do bakya stitch in chikankari Embroidery.  This is a main stitch in chikankari.  It is also known as shadow stitch.  It creates a beautiful shadow effect on the front side of the fabric in the colour of the thread you are working on.  

This is the design I have worked for practising bakya stitch.

Bakya stitch can be done in two ways.  From the front of the fabric and it can also be done from the back of the fabric.  When we work from the front side we use double back stitch and when working for the back side we use herringbone stitch.  Both creates a shadow effect in the front side of the fabric with an outline of the shape we worked.   

Also, herringbone stitch is also used to work leaves and petals of the flowers if we want a filled design in the front side.  It is also used for stems.  Here I have used herringbone stitch for leaves and Pashni stitch for stems.  

Video Tutorial 

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Pattern for the design 

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Hope all of you like this design.  See you in the next class.  Till then, have a happy time with your needle and thread.

Chikankari Embroidery Class 2 - Rahet, Pashni Stitch

Today we will learn the next two basic stitches in chikankari Embroidery.  These stitches are used for lines and curves.  

Rahet stitch - Basic stem stitch is known as Rahet stitch in chikankari.  3 strands of thread is used for doing this stitch.

Pashni Stitch - Basic whipped back stitch is known as Pashni in chikankari.  3 strands of thread is used for back stitch and whipping it.  

Video Tutorial 
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Pattern for practising

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See you with the next stitch in my next post.  Till then, have a happy time with your needle and thread.

Simple Embroidery design using woven flowers

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Happy to share with a simple embroidery design that used woven flowers .  

Video tutorial

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Stitches used

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Fern stitch 

French knots

Stem stitch 

Woven stitch for flowers 

Straight stitches 

Anchor thread numbers

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88, 98, 101, 189, 330

Hope you all like this design.  Do watch this space for more stitch videos and embroidery designs.  Have a happy time with your needle and thread.  

Have a nice day.

Simple flower bunch embroidery for beginners

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple flower bunch design that uses easy stitches.  This design is apt for beginners.  Hope you all will like it.

Video tutorial

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Pattern for the design

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Stitches Used

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Leaf - Lazy daisy with open base(3 strands)

Flowers - Two straight stitches for each petal / Granitos stitch(6 strands)

Centre of flower - French knot (6 strands, 1 wrap)

Stem - Stem stitch (3 strands)

Threads used - Anchor

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Leaf - 281

Flowers - shades of blue

142 - dark

154 - medium

128 - Light

French knot - 106

Hope you all like this design.  Do give a try.  See you soon with another design.  Till then, have a happy time with needle n thread. Happy embroidering.  

French knot flowers embroidery pattern

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Hope all are doing well and good. Today I am happy to share with you a simple embroidery design to practice French knots. 

Click here to see the video 

Pattern for this design

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Stitches used

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Petals - French knots (12 strands, 1 wrap)

Centre of flower - French knots (12 strands, 1 wrap)

Stem - stem stitch (6 strands)

Leaf - Satin stitch (6 strands)

Hope all of you like this design.  Do give a try and drop in your feedbacks in the comments section.  Happy embroidering and have a nice day.

Simple Hand embroidery design

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Yesterday I have shared the tutorial for doing the pueblo stitch.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple embroidery design.  Come let us have a look at the design.  

Video Tutorial

It is a simple floral design.  You can use this design horizontally for borders.  For the time being I have drawn the pattern as a single motif.  I am in the process of converting this to a neck design.  Will post the design once it is completed.  

Here is the design

Stitches Used

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Stem - Pueblo Stitch

(2 shades of brown with 3 strands each.  

Kept the dark shade on top while doing the pueblo stitch)

Flower petals - Stem stitch(3 strands)

Hope all of you like this design.  Soon I will meet you with another embroidery design.  Till then, have a nice day.

Easy embroidery pattern for beginners - Long tailed Daisy

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Today I am happy to share with you another easy embroidery design for beginners.  In my last post I have posted the step by step tutorial for doing the long tailed daisy stitch.   Today's design is to practice that stitch.  This design can be used as all over motifs for sarees, cushions, kurtis etc.  

Pattern for the design

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Stitches used

Flower - Long tailed Daisy

Centre of flowers - French Knots

Stems - Stem stitch

Leaf - Herringbone stitch

Anchor Thread numbers

Flowers - 1203(3 strands)

French knots - 308(3 strands, 1 wrap)

Leaves and stem - 230(3 strands)

Hope all of you like this tutorial.  Tomorrow I will be back with the embroidery books I own.  Till then have a nice day.

Wall hanging Verse 2

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Hope all are doing great.  Today I am happy to with you a new embroidered wall hanging verse.  In the beginning of this year I have posted another verse.  You can have a look at it here.

Stitches used:

Verse - Back stitch

Stem -  Stem stitch

Flowers - French knots

Leaves - Lazy Daisy

I have attached two designs which I have sampled last year along with the verse.  The first is stem stitch. The second one is portuguese stem stitch.

On the joined edges I have stitched a line of feather stitch and then added french knots to it.   I have sandwiched the embroidered piece with a layer of cardstock at the bottom, then a thin sponge sheet, then the fabric, then the transparent sheet. Used fabric glue to stick the four sides of each layer.  Then to make a simple frame I have attached a glue sticker like stone and pearl border on all four sides.  The frame is ready.  

I have misplaced the pattern file for this design.  I will update it soon.   In my next post I will come up with a small cross stitch finish.  Till then, have a happy time with needle and thread. 

Embroidery design - Double daisy & Rosette Stitch

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I am happy to share a new embroidery design using double daisy and rosette stitch.  In this design I have used more than one stitch.  For the big flower I have used lazy daisy stitch one over the other.  In the in between gap of the flower petals, pistil stitch has been done to cover the surface of the design.  In the center, I have added french knots of two colors.  

All the three small flowers are worked in rosette stitch.  The stitch itself forms a beautiful petal.  It is apt for leaves also.  Then added some french knots over the stem and the stem is stitched using stem stitch, my most favorite one for the stems.  Now over to the stitched sample.

PATTERN FOR THE DESIGN

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Stitches used:

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Big flower         - Lazy daisy stitch (two layers)

Small flowers     - Rosette stitch

Centre of flower - French Knots

Stem                - Stem stitch

Leaves              - Rosette stitch

 Threads used(Anchor Embroidery threads)
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Big flower - 1203 (6 strands)
Small flower -330 (4 strands)
French knots - 298, 330(4 strands)
Stem - 239 (4 strands)
Leaves - 256(4 strands).

Hope all of you like this design.  Do give a try and let me know.                       

Embroidery design - Stem stitch

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Hope all are staying home safe in this lock down.

Today I am happy to share with you all another embroidery design using stem stitch.

Pattern for the design

Threads used(Anchor embroidery threads)

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Flowers - no. 6587, 20, 47

Stems and leaves - 229, 239

The flowers, stem and leaves are all done in stem stitch.

I will show you how to work a stem stitch flower in another post.  I have start to work from inside the circle and worked towards outside. Easy to fill. 

One leaf I have filled with stem stitch, four leaves on the right side I have added some straight stitches and two leaves of the left I have worked only the outline.  

Ring Knot Kurti

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I am back again with an embroidered neck for a kurti.  The same design I have done with french knots for me.  But this time I have used ring knots for my co sister and modified the design a little.  Material is the same.  Ring knots is a beautiful stitch which is widely used in aari embroidery for flowers.  It is used as a filling stitch.  I have learned this knot through you tube tutorials.  Many videos are available for the same in you tube.  

This is the motif  in the sleeves.

I have used 6 strands of anchor embroidery threads for the flowers  and stitched french knots for the flower centers.  Leaves are stitched using leaf stitch which is my all time favourite and the stems in stem stitch.  First I tried the stems using portuguese stem stitch.  But it was not that much appealing.  So I decided to do stem stitch for stems.  Overall I like the outcome.  What about you?  Have you tried ring knots.  It is a bit difficult first.  But by practice it will come out perfect.  Tried it out.  I will be posting the design in future and a method to trace design for the neck.  

Now I am doing some embroidery samples and concentrating more on my mega cross stitch project.  I will be finishing another page soon.  So I will come up with that update and a embroidery sample flower.  Till then, Have a happy time with needle n thread.  

Design from my hand kerchief

I have used this design for my hand kerchief.
Stitches used:
                     satin stitch for pink flowers.
                     Lazy daisy for blue flowers inside hat.
                     Stem stitch as filling stitch for ribbon and hat.

Buttonhole stitch embroidery

This is the design which I have selected for doing embroidery in my churidhar tops.Flowers are done using button hole stitch and stems using stem stitch.  I have embroidered to form a diamond shape.  Neck part is not yet over.  I will post the completed dress after getting stitched.

The design for the sleeves is below.  Along with the design I have added some curly lines on both sides.  Have a look.

I will be posting the completed project within a day or two.

The neck design for this dress is Here.